1. Monday's DLR for Week 28

2. Freewrite #3 Obj: Explain, in a freewrite format, why lying is justified. Provide examples to support your position.  This must be a 1/2 page long.

3. Students read "Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant-Article #2

4. In their journals, under Kant's Position on Lying section, students made a T-chart. To the left, in 2 sentences, students wrote down Kant's position on lying. To the right, students gave 2 pieces of evidence to support Kant's position. Evidence needed to be direct quotes.

5. Students began working on #3 and #5 for Activity #3 in When Is Lying Ok? packet

1. DLR Quiz #27

2. Students reread "It's the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying". Then, they looked at the real-life situations, numbers 2 to 5, and scored them depending upon whether or not they felt if the lying in the situation was justified. Additionally, they listed 3 reasons, direct quotes, that correspond to the score that they gave to each scenario for each one.

1. Thursday's DLR for Week 27

2. McLaren's Bird watching Guide reading comprehension

3. Students made Prediction Chart #1 in their journals.  By looking at page 6 of "When Is Lying Ok?", students predicted what each of the 4 articles that they will read are going to be about.

4. Students (per. 1) began reading "It's the Truth: Americans Conflicted About Lying"-Article 1. For periods 3 and 5, they finished reading this article.  Additionally, they filled out Art #1 (B) section of Exploring Key Concepts-When Is Lying Justified Chart for number 1 as guided practice.  Teacher discussed their findings with them.

1. Wednesday's DLR for Week 27

2. Students read "The U.S. Political Campaign Lies, Lies, Lies" Then, they wrote a loose definition of the 3 types of lies.  Also, they provided an example for each.

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1. Tuesday's DLR for Week 27

2. Shakespeare Is For Everyone reading comprehension

3. Persuasive Paragraph #2 Obj: Tell me how lying makes you feel. Provide reasons and/or evidence for why you feel the way you do.

4. Students will write down 3, loose, definitions on the types of lying.

1. Monday's DLR for Week 27

2. Students wrote 2 lies and 1 truthful statement about themselves.  Then, they shared these items about themselves.

3. Students wrote a paragraph about how lying, to their partner, made them feel.

4. In the "When Is Lying Ok?", students filled out the My Viewpoint (A) section on pages 2 and 3.

 

1. Thursday's DLR for Week 26

2. Students completed paragraph #5 of Persuasive Essay #2 and started the revision process

3. Weather Forecast reading comprehension

1. Tuesday's DLR for Week 26

2. How to Read a Family Tree reading comprehension

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 for Persuasive Essay #2

1. Monday's DLR for Week 26

2. Students watched a short clip on Extreme Sports (per. 1/3)

3. Students completed paragraph 3, 4, and 5 of Persuasive Essay #2 Graphic Organizer

4. Teacher read "Resting in Peace" article (per. 3)

 

1. DLR Quiz #24 (per. 1)

2. DLR Quiz #25 (per. 3/5)

3. The Big Green Bus reading comprehension

4. Students started working on Persuasive Essay #2 graphic organizer up to paragraph 2

1. Thursday's DLR for Week 24 (per. 1)

2. Thursday's DLR for Week 25 (per. 3/5)

3. Black History Month Presenations

1. Wednesday's DLR for Week 25 (per. 3/5)

2. Wednesday's DLR for Week 24 (per. 1)

3. Black History Month Presentations

1. Tuesday's DLR for Week 24 (per. 1)

2. Tuesday's DLR for Week 25 (per. 3/5)

3. Black History Month Presentations

1. Monday's DLR for Week 24 (per. 1)

2. Monday's DLR for Week 25 (per. 3/5)

3. Philosophical Chairs Activity #2 (per. 1/3)

4. Running Brook of Horror Test

5. Teacher read an article titled "Resting in Peace" to the class

1. DLR Quiz #24(per. 3/5)

2. DLR Quiz #25 (per. 1)

3. Students finished reading "Running Brook of Horror".

4. Growing Orchids at Home reading comprehension (per. 3/5)

5. Persuasive Paragraph #2 Obj: Argue for or against taming wild animals. Depending upon your number, which is randomly assigned, this will determine which side of the issue you are on. If you are absent, please just pick a side to argue.  You may only argue one side, not both.

6. Philosophical Chairs Activity #1